Improvement in ironing-tables



R. N. HERRING. IRONIN G-TABLE.

Patented JunqZ'I, 1876.

N.FETERS, FMOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD N. HERRING, OF GHE-WS LANDING, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,307, dated J one27, 1876; application filed March 31, 1876.

ble others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being had *to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal verticalsection of the ironing-table, with the legs of the same folded into theskirt-protector. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the tablestanding on its own legs, the ironing-board being slight- 1y raised.Fig. 3 is a perspective of my invention.

The object of my invention is to provide an ironing-table of simple andeasy construction, which may be manufactured at slight cost, and whichwill be capable of use when standin g alone or when resting upon anothertable or equivalent support.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofparts having reference particularly to a skirt-supporting frame, towhich the board and folding legs are hinged, as hereinafter morefullydescribed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A shows a rectangular frame,composed of the elongated side bars a a and end bars (Z1642. Brepresents the board, hinged or pivoted at b I), so as to be raised forthe insertion of the depending folds of the skirt or other garment to beironed. O O are legs pivoted or hinged to the frame A, as shown at c 0,so as to admit of their being folded into said frame and under the endbars a a When said legs are opened, their upper extremities impingeagainst the cross-bars a, a which latter form stops or looks for saidlegs. Said cross-bars, it will be observed, extend'above the side rails,so as to leave room between the frame A and board B for the under foldsof a garment being ironed on the latter. The lower edge of the frame Ais perfectly straight, so as to permit it to rest evenly and steadily ona table or equivalent support when the legs 0 O are folded in beneathit.

An ironing-table thus constructed may be readily manufactured at slightexpense. It

may be compactly-folded for transportation,

or for putting to one side out of the way.

When requiring to be used, it may be stood upon its own legs, or, asconvenience may sometimes dictate, it can rest upon a commonkitchen-table, provision being made, as already described, for theinsertion of the depending part of the garment to be ironed between theboard and its attached supportingframe.

What I claim as my invention is The improved ironing-table, consistingof the rectangular frame A, comprising side bars a a, and cross-bars aM, the parallel leg G O, pivoted to the bars a, and abutting at theirupper ends against the outer surfaces of the cross-bars a a and theboard B hinged on its under side to the cross-piece a all substantiallyas shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this24th day of March, 1876.

RICHARD N. HEREING.

Witnesses:

SAML. J. VAN STAVOREN, CHAS. F. VAN HORN.

